genus Clethra

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Clethra - type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweetClethradicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationClethraceae, family Clethraceae, white-alder family - coextensive with the genus Clethra